James Bourne

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Bourne
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Sep 13, 1983(1983-09-13)
Age	41
Birthplace	Rochford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

James Bourne Biography

James Bourne is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on September 13, 1983 in Rochford, England, United Kingdom. English pop singer and multi-instrumentalist who founded the bands Son of Dork and Busted. He has also pursued a solo career.

He is a long-time friend and collaborator with singer Tom Fletcher.

At the age of 17, Bourne dropped out of the South East Essex college course in Music Technology to pursue his music career. He met Matt Willis at a gig and they started writing songs together at Bourne’s house in Southend. Willis and Bourne placed an ad for a third band member in NME magazine. They held auditions and after listening to a few songs the two had written together, Charlie Simpson joined the band. After signing to Universal in 2002, Busted released their first single, “What I Go To School For”, from their self-titled debut album in September that year, which quickly became No. 3 in the UK charts. “Year 3000” soon followed and became a hit as well reaching No. 2 in the charts, their third single “You Said No” was a No. 1 hit.

After Busted split in January 2005, Bourne formed a new pop rock band named Son of Dork. They released their first single, “Ticket Outta Loserville” in November 2005 followed by their debut album, Welcome to Loserville, two weeks later. Although a split was never officially announced, Dave Williams, Chris Leonard and Steve Rushton all left to pursue other projects leaving Bourne and Danny Hall the only members. With that, the second album was cancelled. A reunion of sorts happened on occasion as Bourne turned their debut album into Loserville: The Musical. Danny Hall and James Bourne both performed “Holly… I’m The One” together at the Oliver Awards.

He has been dating YouTuber Emily Canham since 2018. He previously dated Kara Tointon and Gabriela Arciero. He has three siblings named Nick, Chris, and Melissa. He and his brother Chris co-wrote a song for 5 Seconds of Summer.

James Bourne Net Worth

James Bourne is one of the richest Pop Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Bourne 's net worth $1.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He dropped out of South East Essex University to pursue a full-time music career at age seventeen.

He has sold more than six million records.

James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983 in Rochford, Essex, England) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the Rhythm Guitarist, keyboardist and co-vocalist for the band Busted and the lead singer and the Rhythm guitarist for the band Son of Dork. He is also co-founder of Pop Punk bands Busted and Son of Dork as well as a solo electronic project, Future Boy. From 2013-2015 he was a member of McBusted, which consisted of himself, Busted bandmate Matt Willis, and McFly.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is James Bourne Dating?

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In February 2009, Bourne formed the band Call Me When I’m 18 with Ollie Kinski. The band was meant as a successor to Busted and Son of Dork. The pair released four songs to the public including a cover of the previously unreleased Son of Dork song “Go Home Monday”. The others were “Dumbstruck”, “Break It” and “Gone”. They disbanded in 2011 and Bourne instead decided to continue with his solo project.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. James Bourne celebrates birthday on September 13 of every year.

In 2011, Youth Music Theatre once again commissioned Bourne and Davis to write a new, original musical called Out There. First presented as a workshop presentation in a small theatre west of London, the musical is set in the fictional town of Hope, Texas, and follows the story of Logan Carter, who is on the run from his home town near Detroit after committing a minor felony. Hope is a dead-end, one-horse town (even the horse has died) and its inhabitants are searching for ways to rescue the town from obscurity and financial ruin. Meanwhile, a few miles away in the desert, an old man is building something weird in his outhouse.

Who has James Bourne written songs for?

In 2014, Bourne was writing songs for supergroup McBusted, The Vamps and 5 Seconds of Summer. This includes the song “Daylight” by 5 Seconds of Summer which was cowritten with his brother Chris Bourne.

What age is James Bourne?

39 years (September 13, 1983)

Who wrote the songs in Busted?

Two original members of the boy band Busted have lost their High Court battle over a claim of £10 million in unpaid royalties. Ki McPhail and Owen Doyle maintain that they wrote several of Busted’s songs, including the hits Year 3000 and What I Go to School for, when the band were formerly named the Termites.

Who created Busted?

James Bourne and Matt Willis originally auditioned for another band which neither of them made it into. They remained friends for a number of years and wrote material together. Willis claimed that they had been inspired by Green Day, Blink-182 and BBMak.

What is James from Busted doing now?

James has always stayed in the music industry and following his time in Busted he launched a solo career – including writing musical theatre, writing songs for other artists and his own solo project. James tweeted, “After twenty amazing years making music, I am stepping into 2020 on a brand new solo adventure.